Nancy Ramsey is a contributor to CBSNews.com. Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite. Five hundred miles above the Earth, it traveled at a speed ...

One of the few surviving Soviet Sputniks created during Russia’s Cold War space race with the United States sold at auction at Bonhams for $847,500 on Wednesday, September 27. The piece sold was a ...

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. On the 4th October 1957, ...

AstraZeneca is to start clinical trials to test a combination of its experimental coronavirus vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V shot to see if this can boost the efficacy of the British drugmaker's ...

Although Sputnik-1 will always be remembered as a shock to Americans, it is surprising how thinly veiled the development of the first satellite in orbit really was. On April 15, 1955, the Vechernya ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On the Saturday morning in 1957 after the Soviet Union launched the world's first manmade satellite and inaugurated the ...

A model of Sputnik, the little orb that could. Image: NASA View Slideshow The standard Sputnik story goes like this: It was the launch of this metal ball that forced the United States to elevate the ...

The TechCrunch Global Affairs Project examines the increasingly intertwined relationship between the tech sector and global politics. Sputnik was a galvanizing force, providing the shock and momentum ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yahoo News photo Illustration; photos: AP WASHINGTON — The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, ...